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5 August 1861

Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1962

Broadside

Title: Declaration of Independence of the Sovereign State of Missouri

Issued by the Confederate Governor of Missouri, Claiborne F. Jackson. Establishes a free and independent "Republic of Missouri." Calls for Missouri to secede from the United States and attacks Abraham Lincoln.

GLC05987.32

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